The Man Booker Prize List

[Tracey]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

[Zahara Cerise cares about alien existential angst]

Someday I'm really going to read The Blind Assassin!

I've only read two books on that list ~ The Sense of an Ending and Atonement.

Sense of an Ending was OK, but I can't imagine why it won a prize and I didn't like Atonement at all.

[Tracey]

Generally I do not choose books that are nominated prizes. I tend to choose books based on friend's recommendations or reviews of those who read books similar to ones I read.

I read Life of Pi and it was ok, as was Oryx and Crake I read The English Patient and that was much better.

A Fine Balance was really good, as was Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

I am currently reading Good Behaviour by Molly Keane and am interested in reading works by J G Farrell, Doris Lessing, I am reading July's People by Nadine Gordmer in November 2018 and St. Urbain's Horseman in march 2018

William Trevor is a good author

[Zahara Cerise cares about alien existential angst]

"Generally I do not choose books that are nominated prizes. I tend to choose books based on friend's recommendations or reviews of those who read books similar to ones I read."

I am with you on that. I tend to be very suspicious of prize winners or books that have a huge buzz, as I'm usually disappointed in the ones I read.

[Tracey]

Even the goodreads awards...none of the books I voted for won :(